Ictiotoxismo por consumo de barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) y morena manchada (Gymnothorax moringa) en la comunidad de pescadores artesanales de Tasajera, Caribe colombiano

Abstract

An icthyotoxism event was studied in the Tasajera fishermen’s community, department of Magdalena. The ciguatera intoxication was diagnosed to 7 individuals whose ages were ranging between 17 and 53 years (63,4 %), with symptoms of vomit (100 %), muscular pain in low members (71,4 %), abdominal spasms (85,7 %), diarrhea (100 %), numbness and tingling of face, hands, feet (85,7 %), sickness (100 %), and cutaneous outbreak (14,2 %), the symptoms in the majority of the cases disappeared in a space from 8 to 12 days. The consumption of the barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) spotted moray (Gymnothorax moringa) meat was determined as principal source of the ciguatera event.